Photo: Water tops Industrial canal levee

John McCusker / The Times-PicayuneA New Orleans Police Officer watches from the Claiborne Avenue bridge as water spills over the floodwall on the upper ninth ward side.

John McCusker / The Times-PicayuneWater nears the top of the lower ninth ward Industrial canl levee Monday morning. This is a view from Florida avenue looking toward the river.

John McCusker / The Times-PicayuneWater pours over the Industtrial Canl levee in the upper ninth ward.

John McCusker / The Times-PicayuneA man flees his Poland Avenue home Monday morning as the LA National Guard hurried to evacuate his family. The levee s a short distance away and was overtopping. Water is in the streets of the upper ninth ward in places.